NITETIME MUD // QUICK REFERENCE ============================== Keep this page beside the game. Type commands without the backticks used in prose elsewhere in this manual. COMMUNICATION LOCAL - everyone in your current room, nobody elsewhere local local say say talk " PRIVATE - one connected, in-game character private pm msg = tell tell = GLOBAL - the public NITETIME community channel, regardless of room global chat nitetime ooc ONLINE - list unique connected character names online who players Full communication guide: comms LOOK AND MOVE look describe the room l short form of look look inspect something nearby move through an exit shown by look map map discovered places; ? means unvisited QUESTS AND ORIENTATION menu beginner action guide quests list known quests quests inspect one known quest tasks next required objective hint next progressive hint hint request a hint level status condition, equipment, quest and location journal earned discoveries and achievements OBJECTS AND INVENTORY inventory list what you carry i short form of inventory get pick up a portable object grab another form of get drop put down a carried object APPEARANCE AND EQUIPMENT appearance review or set up structured appearance appearance edit guided appearance editor hold hold carried equipment; camera needs two hands unhold lower held equipment wear wear carried equipment remove stop wearing it equipment visible worn and held gear FIELD CAMERA camera state, 20-exposure battery and current frame frame room preview a room shot frame object, Character or visible exit snap capture a private immutable snapshot photos list this Character's private photo history photo inspect one owned photo recharge camera full recharge in NITETIME.NET Garage Deliberate Character portraits require PHOTOACCEPT from the subject. See /mud/field-camera.txt for the five-minute consent process. OPENING INVESTIGATION read board check terminal tune radio listen power transmitter scan These are contextual: you must be near the named equipment, and some useful results require earlier progress. FIELD RADIO EQUIPMENT get Field Radio Case prepare receiver take bearing compare bearings inspect marker Carry the Field Radio Case to prepare it and take bearings. Bearings work only at valid survey locations. Comparing them requires the Control Room Signal Scope and all required readings. HELP help general help help help for a topic, for example: help look menu beginner guide comms communication guide tasks what to do next hint a staged nudge, not a full solution at once